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Family of Sri Lankan woman who died in custody to sue Japan for footage

Summary by The Japan Times
Attorney Shoichi Ibusuki, representing the family, told reporters that the government's refusal suggests there may be “inconvenient information for immigration authorities.”

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Family of Sri Lankan woman who died in custody to sue Japan for footage

Attorney Shoichi Ibusuki, representing the family, told reporters that the government's refusal suggests there may be “inconvenient information for immigration authorities.”

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South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post
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Japan faces demand for full footage over death of Sri Lankan woman from family

Wishma Sandamali suffered from ill health and lost more than 20kg while in detention in Nagoya for months before she died in 2021.

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Family of Sri Lankan who died in detention seek all footage leading up to her death

The bereaved family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in detention at an immigration facility in Japan in 2021 will file a lawsuit seeking the disclosure of all security camera footage leading up to her death, the family's lawyers said Thursday. The Japanese immigration authorities rejected a call for…

·Sakado, Japan
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Kin of detained Sri Lankan to seek all footage shown over her death

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- The bereaved family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in detention at an immigration facility in Japan in 2021 will file a lawsuit seek

·Chiyoda, Japan
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Family of Sri Lankan woman who died in Japan detention demand release of full footage - LankaXpress

The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in a detention centre in Japan in 2021 is planning to file a lawsuit to demand that Japanese authorities release hundreds of hours of security footage of her last days to help determine the cause of her death. The case involving Wishma Sandamali, who was 33 years old when she died on March 6, 2021, has intensified scrutiny of Japan’s immigration detention system. Rights groups have called for greater tra…

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Mainichi Shimbun broke the news in Chiyoda, Japan on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
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